Brief Life History of Melvin
When Col. Melvin Clarke was born on 15 November 1818, in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Stephen Clark, was 31 and his mother, Roxana Alden, was 21. He married Dorcas Dana on 21 May 1844, in Newport, Washington, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Malta, Morgan, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 17 September 1862, in Antietam, Washington, Maryland, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States.
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- Melvin Clarke, "United States Census, 1850"
- Melvin Clark, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Melvin Clarke, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Clark .
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Nicholas Clarke was one of the founders of Hartford, CT (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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